Fox Tracks

Brown, Rita Mae

ISBN 10: 1611736153 ISBN 13: 9781611736151

Publisher: Center Point Pub, 2013

Synopsis

Though a fierce snowstorm rages on Manhattan's Midtown streets, nothing can dampen the excitement inside the Pierre Hotel ballroom. Hunt clubs from all over North America have gathered for their annual gala, and nobody is in higher spirits than "Sister" Jane, Master of the Jefferson Hunt in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains. Braving the foul weather, Sister and her young friend "Tootie" Harris go to a nearby tobacco shop and find themselves regaled by the colorful stories of its eccentric proprietor, Adolfo Galdos.

Yet the trip's festive mood goes to ground later with the grisly discovery of Adolfo's corpse. The tobacconist was shot in the head and found with a pack of American cigarettes laid carefully over his heart. When a similar murder occurs in Boston, Sister's "horse sense" tells her something nefarious is afoot -- and it seems to originate in southern tobacco farms. Sister had better smoke out a devious killer -- a killer who is much closer than she thinks.

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Review

Praise for "Fox Tracks"
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"[Rita Mae Brown] enlivens a timely tale with . . . amusing accounts of her four-legged creations and delightful descriptions of the central Virginia countryside."--"Richmond Times-Dispatch"
Praise for Rita Mae Brown's "Sister" Jane novels
"Brown is a keen plotter who advances her story with well-placed clues and showy suspects."--"The New York Times Book Review"
"[Brown] succeeds in conjuring a world in which prey are meant to survive the chase and foxes are knowing collaborators."--"People"
"One of the most entertaining amateur sleuths since those of Agatha Christie."--"Booklist"

Praise for "Fox Tracks"
""
[Rita Mae Brown] enlivens a timely tale with . . . amusing accounts of her four-legged creations and delightful descriptions of the central Virginia countryside. "Richmond Times-Dispatch"
Praise for Rita Mae Brown s Sister Jane novels
Brown is a keen plotter who advances her story with well-placed clues and showy suspects. "The New York Times Book Review"
[Brown] succeeds in conjuring a world in which prey are meant to survive the chase and foxes are knowing collaborators. "People"
One of the most entertaining amateur sleuths since those of Agatha Christie. "Booklist""

About the Author

Rita Mae Brownis the bestselling author of the Sneaky Pie Brown series; the Sister Jane series;"A Nose for Justice"and"Murder Unleashed; Rubyfruit Jungle; In Her Day;"and"Six of One, "as well as several other novels. An Emmy-nominated screenwriter and a poet, Brown lives in Afton, Virginia."

Edition details

• Publisher: Center Point Pub
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1611736153
• ISBN 13: 9781611736151
• Binding: Library Binding
• Illustrator: Gildea Lee Jr.
• Number of pages: 399